7 replies to this topic

[JimLucas]

As a fan of ABC I just note down the tune name and the first half a dozen notes...

So I wondered, how many tunes are there where the ABC of the first several notes is the name?

None that I know of, so I wrote one -- titled "Cabbage" -- and I put it in the Tune-O-Tron. It seems like there's a real opportunity here to create a whole new genre of tunes.

[dbowers]

The wildest 4-note match I know od is between Stephen Foster's "old Black Joe" and Ipolitov-Ivanov's "Procession of the Tsardir"

[Henk van Aalten]

So I wondered, how many tunes are there where the ABC of the first several notes is the name?

None that I know of, so I wrote one -- titled "Cabbage" -- and I put it in the Tune-O-Tron.  It seems like there's a real opportunity here to create a whole new genre of tunes.

So what's next? "Aged cabbage"?

Henk

[Henk van Aalten]

It seems like there's a real opportunity here to create a whole new genre of tunes.

So here is the next one, titled BAGDAD! This slip jig can be found in the Tune-O-Tron

Who's next ??

Henk

[David Barnert]

X:1
T:Baggage
C:David Barnert
M:C|
K:G
B2AG GAGE|GAGE EDB,D|B2AG GABd|e2ed edBA|
B2AG GAGE|GAGE EDB,D|E2GE DEGA|BdBA G4:|
|:B2d2d4|BdBA GABd|B2e2e4|BeBA BAGA|
B2d2d4|BdBA GABd|e2ed BAGB|AGED G4:|

Perhaps a little derivative. I decided to keep it pentatonic, since the title is.

[Lester Bailey]

Jim's and David's tunes make a nice set, but can't decide whether I want to play a Cabbage Baggage or a Baggage Cabbage.

[David Barnert]

X:2
T:Feed Dad
C:David Barnert
M:6/8
K:Dmin
|:fee ddA|def efg|agg ffc|fga gab|
add add|c'ba gfe|daa gfe|fdd d3:|
c'ac' d'2c'|agf fed|ad'c' b2g|fga bag|
dd'd' dc'c'|d=bb d_bb|daa gfe|fdd d3:|

Take it down an octave if it suits your instrument better.

Edited by David Barnert, 21 January 2004 - 11:24 PM.

[Stephen Mills]

OK, I've been motivated to write one whose entire lyrics are in abc free verse, although the title, Bad Trip, is not.

X: 1
T: Bad Trip
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Am
|Baggage|ACE cab|fad cafe|aged beef|cabbage|add egg|fed face|
|beg decaff|bad beef|gaffe gag|bed fade|
|cede deed|ebb dead|GAD ABBA

I'm not posting this to the Tune-O-Tron, as it is completely devoid of musical value, unlike prior postings.

I'm really very sorry about this.